Paralympics glory beckons for vegetable vendor's son

Jhandu Kumar, who has polio-affected legs since birth, has switched from shot put and discus throw to weightlifting. He has qualified for the World Championship, to be held in Egypt in October. Now......

New face in Indian Track & Field coaching

Olympic champion Elaine Thompson's mentor Jerry Holness joins as Indian women's 400m coach IMAGE: High Commissioner of India in Jamaica, Mayank Joshi with Jerry Holness. Photograph: India in......

India's U-19 boxers unleash fury, win 17 medals

Parthavi, Vanshika, Hemant win gold, Indian boxers return with 17 medals from U-19 World Championships IMAGE: Hemant Sangwan and Parthavi Grewal, Vanshika Goswami (below) pose with their gold......

Sema's Paralympic bronze, a testimony of his steely grit

IMAGE: India’s Hokato Hotozhe Sema celebrates after winning bronze in the men's Shot Put F57 category at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Narendra Modi/X......

Ranvir, Ekta smash records for gold in Asian U20 Championships

IMAGE: Pavana Nagaraj won gold in women long jump with a distance of 6.32m at Asian U20 Athletics Championship in Dubai. Photographs: AFI/X Ranvir Singh and Ekta Dey clinched men's and......